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title: "Base"
description: "Base API Documentation"
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github: "https://github.com/mcp-use/mcp-use/blob/main/libraries/python/mcp_use/adapters/base.py"
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## BaseAdapter

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<div className="text-black font-bold text-xl mb-2 mt-8"><code className="!text-black">class</code> BaseAdapter</div>

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```python
from mcp_use.adapters.base import BaseAdapter
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### `method` __init__

Initialize a new adapter.


**Parameters**
><ParamField body="disallowed_tools" type="list[str] | None" default="None" >   list of tool names that should not be available. </ParamField>

**Signature**
```python wrap
def __init__(disallowed_tools: list[str] | None = None):
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